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I also work with Centramax and have since I started doing telephone triage back in 1997. The system is OK, I guess. I haven't ever worked on another program and it beats paper charting!

I have not worked at Lucille Packard, but I have a friend that brought me back one of their t-shirts. BUT I can't believe you are planning to head out there without a signed contract! Also with the travel pay you are getting! I get twice that per ...

It all depends on what you consider your salary. I know that I make in the mid $30's per hour, but only about $13 is taxable. A lot of it is tax free through per-diem, housing allowance, insurance stipend, and so on. My completion bonuses are taxa...

As well as the compact states, there are some states that have a "walk-through" procedure, which means you can get your license to practice in that state in anywhere from 1 to 5 business days. IF all your paperwork is already in order. The states I...

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I know the agency I work for right now, is always looking for good pediatric nurses, but their requirements are pretty stiff, especially so if you are looking to work in a large city. I know the ER I worked in saw almost 300 children a day in a 22 e...

I know when I worked as a Ped ER nurse, I heard it mentioned alot and saw several cases. Once the families were given some reassurance about O-S, I would joke to mothers of teenaged boys that their sons were not "not paying attention," that there wa...

Man, Nicmac. It sounds like you got a raw deal all the way around. I travel and have never had to share an apartment. I have another friend that travels with her husband and son and another that travels with her cat. None of that has ever been a ...

I guess I have been very fortunate. The company I have worked with lately actually have nurses in the office that I can call on for support. Granted, I am working as a traveler for them, but they have not assigned me anywhere that I have not had su...

I definitely have to agree with Suzanne about that. I know I would hate to be placed in an area that I was not familiar with. Most (but not all) of my experience is with pediatrics, so I would not feel real comfortable on a rehab unit. You know wh...

The few agencies I have dealt with offer little or no advance notice about your work schedule. There have been times I have been called at 0800 and told to be there by 0900! Being given 24-48 hours noticed seems like heaven to me, but like I said, ...

I had good pay and good benefits, I just couldn't get along with the powers that be. My days were spent going to different doctor's visits with the employees. I was expected to be at each one and to actually go in with the employee to see the doct...

I was an occupational health nurse supervisor for a major manufacturing corporation. That is until my views and the corporate views on how on-the-job injuries should be treated collided head-on. Needless to say, I am no longer an OHN, but I really ...

i wish i had known about this message board when i was in home health. your posts would have made my wrestle with oasis so much easier. thanks!

I know the feeling. There was a time I was doing private duty in a home and I woke up during the middle of the night and there was about 3 inches of snow on the ground. Immediately I called the agency to tell them there was no way I could report fo...

I don't know how "specialized" they are, but I have a friend working as a travel nurse right now. She said she did have to take a proficiency test specific to Corrections Nursing. I guess if they have an area-specific test for Corrections, they mus...

I have some friends in Shiprock right now for Nationwide Nurses. They really like it there. I do know you have to travel from Farmington into Shiprock because there is not any housing nearby. Farmington is about 30 miles away. I guess it depends ...

I have to agree with Suzanne. What living allowance are you talking about? I know Nationwide Nurses goes by a perdiem chart that the government puts out that tells them what they are allowed to pay depending on the city the traveling nurse is worki...

I know I had to fill out a skills checklist and application and all that stuff before I got any information on specific assignments also. I can understand why though. Every agency out there is trying to get the same travel positions. There is a lo...

Hello! new to the site, but had to put my 2 cents in here. I have never heard of having to find your own housing! The vast majority of the time, I have had a private, turn-key, apartment (once I had to live in hospital housing. no choice, no othe...

I was an LPN before I became an RN and my agency is the same as most of the other companies. I could work as an LPN after I had 2 years experience, but could not travel as an RN until I had 2 years RN experience. The nice thing about mine is the fa...

If I can find a home position in the field I love, that would be great! I have 8 years experience as a pediatric ER nurse and then 8 years as a pediatric telephone triage nurse. I recently divorced and need to move away from my wonderful in-house t...